Thursday, June 5, 2008

Renaming the Administrator Account?

Renaming the Administrator Account is a measure that can add to security defense. It certainly enhances security by preventing script attacks that assume the admin or root names. Jesper Johansson and Roger Grimes discuss this in their TechNet posting “The Great Debate: Security by Obscurity”.

Ken Hamer Hodges

About Me

Independent Consultant in South Florida for all things related to secure cloud based software and new mobile communication software. Graduated in the UK, developed the first Capability Based Computers (PP-250), became a Charted Engineer and awarded a Fellowship of the IEE (London). Partnered on a dozen patents developing Object Engineering fundamentals while working in UK, USA, Germany and Belgium. Invitation speaker at conferences on Operating Systems and Communications.